wild 1995

Chapter 117 Summary
April 1995, 4, around 20 a.m., Hong Kong.

"Ding ding ding... ding ding ding..."

The piercing ringing of the phone woke up Liang Botao from his deep sleep. He stretched out his right hand from under the quilt and grabbed the landline phone on the bedside table. Then he heard the foreign exchange trader of Peregrine report in an extremely excited tone: "Mr. Liang, the Japanese yen exchange rate has exceeded 80!"

Liang Botao had a social event last night and drank a lot of wine. He was dizzy and a little unconscious. He asked vaguely: "What did you say?"

"The Japanese yen to US dollar exchange rate has just broken through 80:1, setting a new record high. Mr. Di is making a fortune! He has become a billionaire in just over a month. No one in the world has made a fortune faster than him..."

Mr. Di?
Di Ye?

Thinking of this name, Liang Botao was startled. He turned over and sat up from the bed, interrupting the trader's endless envy. While rubbing his temples to force himself to wake up, he said, "Review his operations for me."

“狄先生3月8日拿200万美元来我们公司开户操作日元，只用3天时间——就是3月8日、9日以及10日这三天——总共赚了6480万，每天都是100倍杠杆满仓……”

“这些不用说了，3月11日和12日是周末，我去文华东方酒店跟他当面交流过。你说说3月13日之后的操作。”

"On March 3, Mr. Di withdrew the $13 million he earned, leaving only $6480 million in principal to continue trading Japanese yen. At the time, he opened a position when the exchange rate was set at 200, and automatically closed the position when it rose to 91.3. The leverage was still 80 times, and he did not take any risk prevention and control measures."

Liang Botao did a simple mental calculation and found that according to Di Ye's operation, the 200 million US dollars would soar 12.37 times to 2474 million US dollars. He couldn't help but take a breath and asked, "When did the Japanese yen exchange rate reach 91.3?"

"On the next day, March 3, the yen has been appreciating ever since and has never fallen below this point. The calculation is so accurate, even more accurate than the God of Wealth!"

"Yeah, that's so accurate."

Liang Botao has been working in the financial industry for many years, and he has never heard of - no, he has never thought of - someone who can predict exchange rate trends so accurately. The shock and amazement in his heart are beyond words. After ending the call with the trader, he was no longer sleepy. He picked up his watch with a world time function and found that it was past 6 o'clock in the evening in London. So he went to the bathroom to wash his face, calmed down, then returned to the bed and dialed Di Ye's mobile phone number in Europe.

Di Ye was having dinner with Xia Fangfei at a Cantonese restaurant in London's Chinatown. He was prepared, so he responded calmly to Liang Botao's enthusiastic congratulations. He just said a few polite words and then asked, "Mr. Liang, I will be flying back to Hong Kong from London tomorrow afternoon. I have some personal business to deal with by then. I would like to borrow Olivia for a few days. Is that okay?"

Olivia is the VIP account manager of Peregrine. She has been helping to handle tedious matters such as air tickets, hotels, and car shipping these days. Her service attitude and quality are good. Liang Botao worshipped Di Ye as the God of Wealth and immediately agreed: "No problem, starting tomorrow, I will let her serve Mr. Di full-time."

"Thank you very much."

Xia Fangfei often contacted Olivia by phone and had a good impression of her. After Di Ye and Liang Botao finished their call, she asked curiously, "What do you want Olivia to do?"

"She'll be your assistant. She's a real British and knows how to deal with Diana better than us."

"You are wrong. Olivia is of Irish descent and does not like the British royal family."

Di Ye's wealth and connections are now inverted. He has a lot of money to use, but very few people to use. He said helplessly: "I can't find someone more suitable than her for the time being. Let's make do with her for now. It's better than nothing."

Just as he finished speaking, the cell phone on the dining table started ringing again, one after another, all from major securities companies calling to congratulate him.

The root cause behind the appreciation of the yen is the trade war. At the end of 1994, the United States launched 301 anti-dumping investigations against China and Japan at the same time. China chose to fight to the end, and finally compromised with each other and only signed an intellectual property protection agreement. Japan chose to surrender and forced the yen to appreciate despite the huge losses from the Great Hanshin Earthquake.

This kind of financial dispute between countries cannot be affected by tens of millions of dollars. Therefore, in addition to the US$3 million spent on the acquisition of C-CUBE shares on March 13, Di Ye used the remaining US$1000 million to open accounts in securities companies with different backgrounds, including British, American, Japanese and Chinese, to operate Japanese yen. Over the next ten days, the yen has been in a state of slight fluctuation and appreciation, without showing any signs of trouble.

By April, the Japanese yen began to appreciate rapidly, and those accounts generated millions or even tens of millions of dollars in income every day. Major securities companies attached great importance to this and arranged exclusive VIP account managers to call them every day to inform them of the market conditions.

Now that the dust has settled, Di Ye took only over a month, without any risk control, using extremely high leverage and extremely simple operations to increase his principal more than ten times. This is even more exaggerated than winning the first prize of the Mark Six lottery ten times in a row. It can be called a miracle. Naturally, the securities company has to redouble its efforts.

Xia Fangfei was a little surprised to see the calls coming one after another, and asked, "Did something happen in the R&D team?"

Di Ye shook his head, indicating that it was okay. After hanging up the call from the account manager of Nomura Securities, he asked, "Diana is a princess, and you are just an ordinary person. You will meet her tomorrow. Are you feeling insecure now? Are you nervous?"

"A little bit, I'm not as thick-skinned as you."

"This is not a question of face, but a question of confidence."

Di Ye put his phone on silent mode, picked up his chopsticks and said, "When I bought a car in Frankfurt a few days ago, I told you and Xiaoya that I made some foreign exchange investments in Hong Kong. Do you remember?"

"Remember, you said those investments could earn hundreds of millions, and told Xiaoya to spend money without worry... Were those calls from the securities company? Did you really make hundreds of millions?" "Yes, I did, but it's not RMB, it's USD. Now I'm the youngest billionaire in the world, and you're the girlfriend of a billionaire, so you shouldn't lack confidence, right?"

Xia Fangfei had been following Di Ye around lately and had seen a lot of things. Her mental quality was much stronger than that of ordinary people, but she was still frightened. She subconsciously leaned towards him and asked in a low voice, "Is it true?"

"Of course it's true, about $6 million in total."

Di Ye acted calm and collected, picked up a piece of honey-glazed barbecued pork for Xia Fangfei, and said jokingly, "I once told your second brother that you are worth at least 10 billion. I have only made 6 million now, which is still a long way off. I wonder if he will allow me to pay you in installments?"

"Tsk! Who does he think he is? I took the initiative to sell it to you a few months ago when you were still a pauper."

Xia Fangfei was in a state of passionate love and didn't care about money at all. She only had eyes for Di Ye. She felt that his calm and composed demeanor was too charming and she couldn't suppress her admiration for him. Unfortunately, it was not easy to show it in public, so she raised her hand and called the waiter, saying, "Do you have champagne in your store? If so, bring a bottle over. I want the best!"

"No, champagne doesn't go well with Chinese food. Let's drink beer. Bring two bottles of Tsingtao over, one for each of us."

"No, one bottle is not enough for such a big event. We need at least two bottles per person."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. Two bottles per person."

After the beer was brought over, Xia Fangfei blew directly into the bottle, tilted her head back and gulped down half of the bottle in one breath, and said happily: "He is worthy of being the man I have my eyes on, handsome and capable, much better than that wretched old white man Charles."

Di Ye really liked Xia Fangfei's energetic, enthusiastic and straightforward personality. He raised his bottle of wine and clinked it with hers, suggesting, "I'll go shopping with you later and buy you a few luxury items. Tomorrow, the more flamboyant you dress, the better. This will make it easier to attract Diana's attention."

"It's not good to be too ostentatious. Diana is a royal aristocrat and she probably doesn't like dealing with nouveau riche."

"That may not be the case. After Diana separated from Charles in 1992, the royal family drastically cut her spending budget and forbade her to participate in various business activities, so she was very short of money. The so-called royal aristocrats in Britain learned how to make money from the nouveau riche as early as the 19th century. The more you show off your wealth, the more likely you are to attract her interest."

"That's right, good hunters often appear as prey, right?"

"That's right! In addition, you have to maintain your current state of passion and love. Don't be reserved. Say what you should say and do what you should do. You have to make her envy you while thinking that you are a big-breasted... er, a brainless fool with small breasts."

"My breasts aren't big?"

"It's just barely enough... Hey, hey, hey, stop moving your hands, or you'll spill the wine..."

After Xia Fangfei and Di Ye had been playing around for a while, she suddenly remembered something and gossiped, "I heard from Sister Yu that in February, Forbes and Hong Kong's Capitalist magazine collaborated to create a list of the richest people in mainland China. The Liu brothers of Hope Group were the richest, with a total asset of about 2 million RMB. You have now earned 6 million US dollars, equivalent to 6 billion RMB, which is much more than them. Aren't you the new richest man?"

"That's a fake list, it's not credible, and assets are material wealth, while money is just a number, the two cannot be compared."

The list of the richest people in mainland China is poisonous. Di Ye declined the offer and changed the subject: "Don't you want to be a reporter? I think Sister Yu is very capable at work. You should contact her more often. Maybe she can help you in the future."

When Xia Fangfei and Huang Ya were visiting Frankfurt, they found a tour guide through the local consulate. Her name was Yu Jinxin, and her main job was a reporter for the International Business Daily under the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. She was very interested in the Internet and wanted to interview Di Ye, but unfortunately Di Ye was in a hurry to go to Paris and there was a time conflict, so they eventually switched to communicating via email.

Yu Jinxin was very proactive. She would send emails almost every day and consult on many technical and business issues. Di Ye felt that she had a sharp mind and a broad vision. She had realized that the Internet would subvert the current media industry dominated by television and newspapers, and had put forward some innovative and profound ideas. She was a good talent.

Xia Fangfei was lively and outgoing, and she was a social expert. After hanging out with Di Ye, she learned a lot of social engineering skills, and her ability to read people's expressions improved by leaps and bounds. She said with a smile, "Sister Yu has an impressive background. Even if you didn't remind me, I would have established a good relationship with her."

"How do you know she has a complicated background?"

"Because she has a kind of grace that ordinary people don't have."

Di Ye had only seen photos of Yu Jinxin, but never the real person. He was slightly stunned when he heard her words and asked, "What do you mean by a bearing that ordinary people don't have?"

"She's just like you. She doesn't care much about money. But you don't care about money because you're good at making money. She's just a reporter who gets paid a fixed salary. Why wouldn't she care about money? So her background must be complicated."

"Is it?"

Hahaha, I am dead again——
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(End of this chapter)